Collection of Japanese Popular Music.
Tokyo: The Kaiseikwan. Taisho 5 [ 1916]. Stock ID #163469 These volumes of musical scores written in staff notation. Includes some folk songs and some traditional instrumental pieces. Text in Japanese with English title and Romanized titles each piece. When referring to this item please quote stockid 163469.
10 volumes complete in original wrappers presented in a Japanese case with toggle ties, one toggle missing. 36pp in each volume. Upper cover of each volume features a large handsome hand coloured chrysanthemum, original wrappers, attractive red ties. Silk colour pictorial title label on case. image of chrysanthemum little offset onto lower cover of the volume above as usual. Cloth on exterior of the case worn with a little loss at corners and in one area of the spine, card hinges of case split only visible when the case is opened, lower 7cm of spines of each volume are a little chewed but the binding is still good and sound. 30.1 x 22.5cm. A good and most unusual handsome set.
Price: $900.00 AU